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  1. 1961MJS

    This generation of kids...

    Hi I agree that parents are being sold a bill of good with respect to an education will lead to your child's getting a higher paying job. I also agree that having a well rounded education is a good, even a great thing. But unless your education is going to allow you to make up your education...
  2. 1961MJS

    Beaver Brand Hats, gone?

    Hi If the place is what I saw last year, it's already a small concern. It was probably 50' by 100' tin shed with a glass front door and a loading dock. New Haven is in the middle of old German Missouri and it's in the middle of NO WHERE. I could live there, but I'm not particularly artistic...
  3. 1961MJS

    Beaver Brand Hats, gone?

    Hi I don't think it's a HAT downward spiral. I think it's just part of an American Economy downward spiral that's continuing in a slow steady fashion. It's sort of like Chrysler dumping the Plymouth line and GM dumping Pontiac etc. Stetson will probably be among the last up and around...
  4. 1961MJS

    This generation of kids...

    Hi Lizzie I could be wrong, but I don't think that there's more than about 20 reporters in the US anymore. With AP and Reuters etc I get the impression (from the internet) that one guy sees a fire and it's in 2000 websites with the same words. You rarely see any news with two viewpoints from...
  5. 1961MJS

    This generation of kids...

    Hi, that's true, but I definitely don't let it bother me. I was working as a Security Guard with an Assistant Professor of History. My pay with a BS in Engineering was $3,000 more a year than his with a PhD in History at a Big Ten university. I'd rather get paid and do history as a hobby...
  7. 1961MJS

    Beaver Brand Hats, gone?

    Hi I drove by there place in the New Haven area and it didn't look like much then. No showroom, just a tin shed. It was Saturday and no one was there. Later
  8. 1961MJS

    This generation of kids...

    Hi James You can't count on that. The places that get the most $ in scholarships, also cost the most. It's possible to be charged more for for a $2,000 a semester scholarship than for a $3,000 a semester tuition payment. School is kind of important at some businesses, but not in aerospace...
  9. 1961MJS

    The Conversion Corral

    HI I tend to agree, I liked the old shape. I also like the NEW shape, but... Anyway Josh, how long did you spend getting the felt (Originally) Smooth and how much was spend in getting it thinner? I'd like a smoother hat next time, but I want a nice stiff Cowboy hat. later
  10. 1961MJS

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Hi, Um, you live in Seattle. Isn't everyday an "OK if it gets rained on" hat day? I mean, I was up there last year and watched some guys putting on a new roof in the rain. later
  11. 1961MJS

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Hi I'd read about this, but I don't see that working out for Wiley etc. It would kill off most of Amazon.com, and a lot of book stores. People won't like music that much anymore if it's pay per view for a 3 minute song. I was a Scout leader with a professional song writer and emotionally...
  13. 1961MJS

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Plus 1, there are hordes of "ground out formula fiction." books in the half price stores which at least CAN be less expensive than buying from Amazon at $4.00, $0.02 for the book and $3.98 for shipping. I DO like to own Tom Clancy's books and several cowboy books of various types, but I've...
  14. 1961MJS

    Best option for for protecting fedora from heavy rain & snow?

    Hi Make sure and try out a larger sized rain cover before buying the exact size as your hat. I tore the bow off my Campaign hat and hat to do a bit of sewing. It's half beaver, I eventually just quit wearing the rain cover. At least Biltmore hats aren't all wool. It could be worse, much...
  15. 1961MJS

    Loungers' Pets

    Hi Tom I had a cat born the year I was, 1961. He died at 15 while I was at Scout Camp. Not old age, he was asleep in the diner parking lot behind our house and got backed over by a semi. He had a front leg that was an inch shorter due to frost bite. He used it to claw Saint Bernhard's that...
  16. 1961MJS

    Who here is a millionaire?

    I know Stan, I have a bad tendency to be sarcastic. I have to to some Photoshop work, I took a picture of my Mom's Bank's current interest on CD's etc. I'll post it when I get a chance. Later
  17. 1961MJS

    Aloofness in Re-enactment.

    Hi I reenacted Confederate army for a while. According to my fearless leader, some of the guys on "our side" were so gung ho that they even starved themselves for a few months before 1865 battle reenactments. I'm NOT quite that gung-ho. My Dad was in the 17th Weather Squadron in the South...
  19. 1961MJS

    Who here is a millionaire?

    Hi I did hear about a guy who poured Old Crow into the Chivas Regal bottle. I'm guessing all of his friends did too, or they'd have noticed the difference. Later
  20. 1961MJS

    Aloofness in Re-enactment.

    Hi I own several pair of Rollin's khaki pants and they're great. I used to be on a now defunct militaria forum and they made Rollin seem sickeningly sweet. They had some excellent pictures of redneck Nazi's, Japanese Nazi's, 450 pound Nazi paratroopers complete with extremely snide comments...
  21. 1961MJS

    Underage drinking

    Hi Mr. Finch Back when my kid was in Junior High, I asked his friend's big sister (she worked at the dry cleaner's in the neighborhood) what all high school kids did in the era of "No!". No, being no smokin', no drinkin' no foolin' around. I can't quote, but basically she was doing what we...
  22. 1961MJS

    Underage drinking

    Mr. Finch, UNFORTUNATELY, I can beat that one. I was on a canoe trip in Indiana, we brought beer, bread, and baloney to feed us on the trip. When we woke up in the morning we were hungry. There were roughly a dozen of us and what was left was a box of Trix cereal and a case of Stroh's. Thank...
  23. 1961MJS

    Underage drinking

    Hi PBR was my high school beer and freshman year in college beer. PBR isn't horrible or tasteless (like Olympia used to be), but I don't understand the whole hip new beer deal either. The through back Schlitz is good, but it's not substantially better than Bud either and for a while it was $2...

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